John

>Terry,
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>I visited friends in London and heard an unearthy scream outside one night. Sounded like a child being tortured. Went on and on. When I went to investigate I was reassured that it is just a squirrel being killed by a fox!
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>Regards
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>j.R

Aye. Some years ago I was having a summer party in the garden. In the small hours, after all had gone, I heard what sounded like a woman being tortured to death in the local park. I phoned the police who arrived some time later to tell me they circled the park but couldn't see anything (Yeah, I thought, and a murderer is going to do it on the grass, rather than dragging his victim into the bushes!). Then they said, do you think it could have been a fox?

Then it hit me. The sound of a dog fox calling for his mate is like a human strangled scream of terror and pain. A neighbour whom I met some time later told me HE'd called the police that night too. Anyway, luckily there was no murder reported that night.

Regards

Terry